Closet-flush.



H. W. MERKEL.

CLOSET FLUSH.

APPLIOATIQN FILED SEPT. 14. m1.

" Patented Aug. 27, 1912 To all whom it may} concern .UNITED STATES,

' 7 iinnnrw. man go mcmm onroli japaia'atnsiediSeaman; 191i; seminal oneself Be it;knownthat'I, Hnnnr W. MERKEL, a citizen 0t thellnited States and residing at Cincinnati, in the county of Hamilton and State of: Qhio, have inventeda certainj new and. useful Closet-Flush andI-do declare the followinglto be-a.:clear,' full, and exact description of the invention, attention being palled tothe.drawing which accomf pames this application and forms a part thereof a a Broadl considered closet-flushesmaybeof two .kinds. qInlone kindwaterstored in an open tankisnused and after released by manipulation. of an outlet valve, moves by gravitation and" .fiushes athe closet-.- In the other ,kind pressure isixused to move the Water andfopentanks are usually omitted. In the first kindithestorage-tanks are 211-- ways abovetheacloset and requireaeondia tions permitting etheir-snpport accordingly which is usually one wall. .Glosets must-be positioned] therefore. correspondingly rand.

often positions otherwise suitable cannot-beused if the required support, for the tank is 'not available; [The second kind requires ex;

cessively large supplymains, 1 especiallywhere possibilityexists of simultaneous use of several; closetsmal have. ,des ignegl,green-- jections as to dependency of the flush-tanks for support ing any particular position and as to therequ-iremeiit of largesupply-pipes,

so that closets constructed accordingly and provided with my flushing means inayf-bemore readily 'placed without "beingprestricted to certain positions-- In the following'specification and particularly pointed out in the claims at the end thereof, will be found a fulLdescription of my invention, together with its operation,

parts and construction, which latter is also illustrated in the accompanying drawing, in which':

' Figure 1, is a vertical longitudinal section through a closet provided with my flushing means. Fig. 2, 1n a section taken transverselyto the former-section and on a line 22 of Fig. 1, illustrates the flushing mechanism. Fig. 3, is a top-view of the tankjand rear part-of the closet.

In the drawing, A illustrates a closet bowl of conventional shape provided with a flushing-rim it around its upper edge where by the flush-water is'properly directed and caused to spread over the inside of the bowl.

jecting from'the flushingrrima. This tank 'lower and may be} conveniently supported ismade ofearthenware or metal, both bowl by 'a;vacuum'- caused by the' suction which a in into tlleclosetso that, as will be seeinthe flush from the tank is augmented by directly admitted water and speedily ejected by the forcible action of thesame. The effect is practically the same as .in a closet with direct pressure-flush with this advantage however that no excessively large supply pipe is neededinasmuch as the water stored in the water. On theother hand and by reason of this directly admitted water, less stored wafter is needed and asmaller tank may be used, Nipple 10 is provided at the end of .a '1

supply-fitting 11, arranged 'to .permit conneetion with the supply pipe and also attachment. of the: fioat-operated cock 8.

-Discharge frm'iifiinplelO is controlled by a valve 12- which, when open, permits water to How through the ejector and'starts the act-ion of this latter whereby water stored in the tank is drawn out of it and eiected PATENT OFFICE.

B is: a storage-tank for the flush-water. .and Z) is the flush-pipe connecting it with] the closet-bowl by means of a nipple 6, prois supplied from pipe-7 controlled iirrtlie; usual manner by a float-operated cock "8,0f1. which 9 is theflbat. Itwill be observed that the flush-water which dischargesfroin jt ank B, leaves the same at the top' from, which it follows'that said tank'does'not reg lfill-I' a positiod'elevated with reference t6 it ebowl. As amatter of fact it mightb' "upon the'fioormw By preference'nnd in order to have "the closet" and all its appurtenances" self-contained, the tank is supportedon the rear-side of the closet-and when the"clos'etj"' and tank may form an integral structure. This position "of'the tank requires that the wateris lifted. outof it in order to get it into" the bowl. For thispurpose I rovidef j' means operating on the principle 0 an in V jector and: whereby water isinduced to move tank passes in with the directly admitted closed automatically. For such pu v -end ofvalve-stem 13 isoperativey 1 connected 'to the slotted, end 14 of a; lever D,

pivoted at 18 contacts with andbears 12, I provide ahand-lever 22 .into the closet. Actuation of valve ing automatically after having been opened ter is readily tilted and caused to drop. back,

. cont-rolled supply to this tank, a flush-pipe whereby the tank and the closet are in conmay be by any means, directly manual both for the positive opening and closing of it, or onlyapartly so and as to itsopehing, it closby direct manipulation. It might also be' caused-to open automatically as for instance bl'y 'niec'hanlsm actuated by the seat. As s own the valve is opened positively by manually operated means and thereaiftler weighted at its'other end 15 and pivotally supported at 16. By raisingthis lever at itsweighted end from the position shown in Fig. lftothe position shown in dotted lines, valve 12' is opened and the flushin operation starts. When. so raised lever 1 is only slightly beyond a balanced position so'that when the end of another lever 17 against a projection 19 on lever D, this'latinto its original position whereby it closes the valve. Lever 17 is actuated for this purpose by a weighted float 21 provided atits other end and dropping ;witli the receding; level of the water in the tank. This causes also ball-cock 8 to open and admit water to replenish the tank; supply. F or the mani ulation of weighted lever B, to actuate va ve connected to lever D by a link '23.

The tank is preferably closed by means of a loosely fitting lid 24. a I

Having described'my invention, I claim as new:

1. In a closet-flush, the combination of a closet boivl and of a storage tank disposed rearwardly of the former, both being of substantially even height, anr'autom'atically I ejector supply.

V 2." In a'closet-fiush, the' cOmbination of closet bowland-of a-storage tank disposed 'rearwardly of .the former, both being of substantiallyeven height, ja'n a ito natically controlled supply to this tank, 'a flush-pipe whereby the tank aad the closet-are in con V stantly 0 en communicationand which pipe with its ower'* end terminates near the bottom of the tank, itsupper, open end being in communication; with the upper part. of

the closetbowl,anrejectondevlcein communication with this flush-pipe between ,the

ends thereof, a supply to this ejector, a

'valv'e which controls this supply, a stem on this valve, aweightcdleverin operative connection with 'this;-stem,- a hand-lever in operative connection with the weighted lever and 'whereb inia manner to e ect "opening of the valve which controls the ejer'iorsupply:anda float-controlled lever, for returning. :the

weighted leve'r to itsnormalr'position in 'which'it closes the valve which controlsthe In testimony whereof, aflix 'nesses. I i

' HENeY m ERK L;

v 'Witnesses: I i

C; SPENGEL,

the same may tilted my signature inthe presence of two wit- 

